HUDSON — As the bombing of Pearl Harbor reaches its 80th anniversary, and fewer witnesses remain alive to tell the story, items like the last flying fighter plane from Pearl Harbor serve as a bridge ...
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a Curtiss P-40B Warhawk — like many others that day — never left the ground. The “date which will live in infamy,” caught pilots, shipmates, ...
HUDSON — On Dec. 7, 1941, when so many of the airplanes and ships at Pearl Harbor were destroyed by the Japanese in Honolulu, one fighter plane began a journey more than half-way across the earth and ...
On June 3, 1942, nine P-40B Tomahawks of South Africa’s 5th Squadron rushed to the aid of French defenders under attack by German Stukas. Among them were three aces—Robin Pare, Cecil Golding, and ...